Quote from: anonymous on April 16, 2011, 22:15
the letters would need to be written to a representing attorney, who in turn files a class-action. Whether or not it had teeth would be less relevant than the fact that a pending suit was leveled against them. If they are indeed positioning to sell their troubled site to the highest bidder, pending litigation is a HUGE turn-off to a potential buyer...
2 cents...

ding ding ding ding ding!

Ha welcome to the Banny Club. Lobo is just a little mouse trying to piss upwind. No matter how hard he tries he still goes to sleep at night tasting his own vitriol on the pillow.

Its incredible how Karma works like that. Just think 5 years from now we'll all look back and wonder why we ever got so worked up in the first place 

I tried...

00-800-6664-6664
1-866-478-6251
403 265-3062

...but now I see from what your saying on the last number I just needed to add a "1"!!! (of course!)
Awesome. Will try it at an appropriate time (there). Thanks!!!

Hey all - I have ardently been trying to contact HQ (for a variety of reasons) and cant for the life of me find a number that works from in Australia. Ive tried to call the TOLL FREE, the Contributor Relations number (which I found in an email) and the direct number...

All tell me "this number is not connected."

Ha - am i missing something here? An additional area code or something? Really Really hard to talk to somone on the phone there.

Any help, or experience you have had with HQ over the phone that you may wish to share would be most appreciated. Bonus points for somone who has called them from AUS!!!!

^^^ I havent uploaded a thing since this happened either. From what i see from the latest uploads page (for vectors anyway) alot of the better contributors have stopped also.

Even if I wasn't censored from the forums I still wouldn't post in the Stocky's thread. Quite frankly I hope it dies in the a$$ before it gets to 300. Funnily enough it looks like the majority of replies in there are from admins anyway & the tin foil hat in me says they're attempting to pad it out.

Even though it seems as if we as a community (not Istock) are disjointed and isolated from one another, It is the collective mind that binds us. A Microcosm of the world at large. A factor I think George Orwell couldn't have forseen given the existence of the internet.

Chins up people!

ETA - I went and had a look at that 1/5 rating from the aptly named "DoctorEvidence". Yet another Dick move from the minions. Not surprising.

Wow - the meer thought of Bruce putting into practice anything written by Robert Greene sends shivers up my spine.

Quote from: azurelaroux on November 01, 2010, 16:05

He deleted the last post, then posted himself and locked the thread. It would have made more sense if he had left it.

Yes then it would have just been a personal attack rather than a collective b-slap. But meh, whatever. The man is strapped to a dead horse so this is to be expected.

(I read the post he deleted too btw - doesn't excuse the tude IMO in light of the circumstances)


On another note - How is the response to the Stockys.... Remember when they said that if they announced something and noone responded then they would be worried? Ha! As self destructive as the prospect is I can only laugh at the way things are going. So many parrallels to events around the world. Oh the irony. Creative foresight is definitely lacking at HQ.

My super secret plan will only be revealed long after it has been brought to fruition

This whole situation is all levels of suck. Contributing sucks, Searching Sucks, Buying Sucks. Anyone with half a mind can see where this is going...

^^ I totally hear you. Please excuse my candor - sometimes I get a little ahead of myself.

...and all along he deleted posts, diverted public discourse with snide remarks, banned members he couldn't intimidate with sitemails and at the end locked the threads with a little stab of a statement to finish it off (see "we are undersigned" thread lock).

From where I am standing - he is a total Di...

Lobo is a dick. Suffice to say if i met him in person I would censor him from the public or at least make it very hard for him to type.

Hey, I'm a working Man. We're allowed to get this way sometimes.

...and now for multiple crane kick exercises on an old pontoon support post to bananaramas "cruel summer"...

Quote from: traveler1116 on October 12, 2010, 10:42
...apparently Lobo called me a few days ago but I'm still out of the country...

I wish Lobo would give me a call - we could have a chummy chat or i could break a taco on his face. Either way it would be most pleasurable for me.

I am still banned from forums & sitemail... any other ban'ees in a similar spot? Whats the record for these sorts of things (other than permanent ban, of course).

Yeah I am still banned. Not phased - In fact, this time has given me a chance to really re-evaluate where my income is coming from. With a small amount of adjustments I will no longer have to rely on Istock next year and I get to do things I have put on the backburner for some time.

...and if they think i am going to come crawling back for mere forum & sitemail 'priviledges' after having to deal with "Trollobo" then they got another thing coming - for I am perfectly able to get my message across without them

The longer they leave it, the stronger my resolve becomes and the 'free-er' I feel. Another huge fail from IS who once had me working every other hour for them.

^^ Great point pet_chia!

As for all the recent updates to FAQ's, Admin mumblings and such: much of a muchness really. A rehash of what others had insinuated garnished with apathy. I shall light a candle for my exclusivity crown - it has lost alot of its brilliant lustre it once had...

hahaha Political correctness means NOTHING to me (I am a student of history, after all.)

But I will take a moment to apologize to all those who weren't Hi-jacking the thread who were offended. I am truly sorry. *handshake

carry on.

Either way this sux to see somone of such stature leaving IS.

If indeed the speculation is true - Good on you mate. There is always a cold beer and a meal for you here in Brisbane, Aus should you pass through on your adventures.

May success & prosperity follow you where ever you go. I'm sure it will.

Quote from: caspixel on September 25, 2010, 14:49

It's childish and completely random. "Lobo" is letting his emotions get the better of him. If he ever gets fired, he better not look for a job in customer service. LOL

That is certainly the impression i got from his overly sarcastic and somewhat immature (?) sitemails. Dude really needs to work on his comebacks... his kung fu is not strong.

I got banned - and not even for my earlier brash remarks in the thread.

Posts are being deleted left, right and center with the "lets just roll over" and "shame on you for complaining" posts remaining to stew. I got banned for responding to a post that ended with something like - "...and if you dont like it then dont let the door hit you on the way out"

Suffice to say my response to this contained 100% less sassmouth than previous yet seemed enough to get a warning. I told them essentially they could take their "priviledges" and shove it (but in much nicer terms). So be it. No Idea why you got banned though dgilder. Thats just wrong considering the things i have said (and others for that matter) ha!

^^^^ Please! I'm an adult. Ignoring people is for Children... or the US delegation to the UN. Either way

Well I'm banned from the forums & sitemail haha! Called a trolls response pathetic & responded to Lobo saying I wouldn't be intimidated by his bullish behaviour and thinly veiled threats to me on sitemail.

It would appear somone is a tad insecure in their authority... go figure.

How many others have felt the light touch of the wiffle hammer?

Anyhoo - had to register somewhere and voice my displeasure at censorship. Carry on all! (and hello all on these forums!)